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Sunday, November 17, 2013

Blogathon Canada 2013 - Welcome to the West Coast!

It's time to kick off Blogathon Canada, a week-long celebration of Canadian quilting bloggers! Together with Heather from Winding Bobbins, I'm representing BC as a host. I'm here to tell you a bit about myself, introduce you to a dozen BC bloggers, and give away some lovely fabric!

Hi, I'm Holly! I've been quilting for close to twenty years and my passion for this craft only gets stronger with time. I founded the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild in 2010 and it has enriched my life in so many ways. I love learning new tricks, being inspired, and, best of all, making quilting friends who really get me. Although I have all sorts of WIPs and ideas for new projects, I don't actually finish many quilts each year. Much of my time is spent chasing after my two daughters, ages six and two. I'm lucky enough to have a husband who supports my quilting habit and is willing to take photos of me holding a quilt in the middle of a busy downtown intersection!

I do enjoy blogging, but find myself posting more to Instagram these days, you can find me there as hollybroadland.

Thanks for visiting and taking a look at a some of my work!

"Gabriel's Quilt" (2009) - this was my first modern quilt and the quilt I shared at the inaugural VMQG meeting in June 2010

My first quilt (1996) - This is the quilt that started it all for me!

"HST Tote Bag" (2013) - Here is my swap partner Susan with the tote bag I made for her as part of the Pacific Northwest Modern Quilt Guild Meetup in Portland, Oregon. Pattern by a great Canadian quilter, Leanne of She Can Quilt!

"Memories of QuiltCon" (2013) - I started this mini quilt at a Lizzy House workshop at QuiltCon in Austin, TX this February. I'm already looking forward to QuiltCon 2015!

"Ethan's Quilt" (2013) - My most recent finish, I gave this quilt to my cousin's baby this past weekend.

"Rainbow Girl" (2013) - A labour of love that took me 3.5 years from start to finish

Check out these BC Quilt Bloggers! (and be sure to visit Heather's blog for an additional list)

Since I'm a huge fan of solids, I chose a prize that makes me happy. I hope it makes the winner smile as well!

To enter the giveaway for this bundle of ten fat quarters of bright and beautiful Kona Cotton solids from Sew Sisters Quilt Shop, simply leave a comment on this post by midnight PST on Saturday, November 23rd! (edited Sunday, November 24th: giveaway now closed, and the winner has been notified. See Blogathon Canada Winner post.) Please leave your email address if you're a no-reply blogger or I won't have a way to contact you. If you are a no-reply blogger, you might want to take a look at this tutorial by Jodi of Pleasant Home on how to change that. Contest open to international participants.

Don't forget to head over to the Sew Sisters blog to enter their Aurifil thread giveaway!

The Blogathon is on all week and I hope you'll enjoy getting to know the host bloggers from all across our country!

289 comments:

Your rainbow on the rainbow is so much fun!!! I love that you shared your roots - your very first quilt. I love to see some of the 'quilt road' people have travelled!!! Thanks for the chance to win such a beautiful and inspiring bundle of fabric.

Thanks for sharing all your lovely quilts. I just love the quilt for the little one. Thank you for the inspiration...my niece just had a little boy too, perfect idea! Loving the bundle of Kona solids thanks for your generosity!

How fun to discover and find out about Canadian bloggers! I just love Gabriel's quilt. Kona Snow is one fabric that I use very often and love it, so thanks for the chance to win a beautiful bundle of their solids.

Hello from southern Ontario. I love Gabriels quilt, clean, modern, and the white really showcases the other fabrics. Thanks for sharing so many photos, and the blogs of other BC quilters. Great giveaway too.

It's such fun to meet quilters from across the country. I love your first quilt pictured and the rainbow quilt especially.My husband supports my craziness, but not sure he'd go so far as taking a photo in the street!I love the solids!

Hi Holly, It is great that your hosting the Blogathon for BC. It is the first time I follow this event and I'm looking forward getting to know more bloggers from Canada. Thanks a lot for the giveaway! Great choice. I'm sure it will please a lot of modern quilters.

Blogathon has given me the opportunity to know more about your work and inspiring ideas. I loved the Rainbow Girl and Gabriel's Quilt. Definitely will stop by more often to see what you are posting here. Happy quilting.

I love seeing all your quilts and thank you for including the link to my bag pattern. Your bag is wonderful. You know I love solids, what a lovely giveaway, thank you, and also thanks for the links to the other bloggers.

Wow what a give away. My friend Marjorie and I just ordered some Kona fabric for a hop that is coming up. It is such nice fabric. I love your quilts especially the first one. It is so simple but so eye catching. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for showing your quilts, they are fabulous! And congrats on founding the Modern quilt guild in Vancouver. I've been president of our local guild and now how much work that is but also how rewarding it is too.

Hi Holly, I'm new to your blog and now following by bloglovin. I am a Canadian that has been living in the US since 2002. We will be returning to Ontario sometime in 2014. I started quilting in January 2002 ...5 months later I moved to the US. Love Gabriel's quilt...thanks for the inspiration, I will be back to visit. Happy stitching, Pauline

Thanks for the feature. I blogged about it. Really fun!http://www.sewbossi.com/2013/11/canadian-quilters-connect-blogathon.htmlI hope we will have the opportunity to meet as I am now part of the Victoria MQG.Cheers!Christine

The quilts are simply just beautiful! I look at them with much envy. The rainbow bundle of fabric is a fantastic uplifter for the cold dark winter blahs. Working with them during the winter would put a smile to my face. Simply gorgeous! My email addy is: praisehimalways1960@hotmail.com Have a great day and God bless!

It was nice meeting you. I have always loved solids and have been quilting with them when the biggest variety in colour was to be had only in poly/cotton blends. Thanks for the chance to win some wonderful cottons in gorgeous colours.

Hi from windy southern Ontario. Love seeing your quilts, such great work. And as a mother of 20 somethings, I can assure you that your sewing time will increase as they age. I've gone from 1 quilt a year to a dozen.

Oh Holly! Those solids do more than make me smile, they make me salivate, drool and send my imagination into orbit. I will shamelessly say "OOOOhhhhh Pick ME!!!" Thanks for the chance to win such a great prize.

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About Me

I'm a wife, a mom of two, a quilter (I founded the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild), an environmentalist, a teacher, a cyclist, a bookworm, a good speller, a perfectionist, a lefty, and a fan of voluntary simplicity. I live in Vancouver, BC, Canada.